OUTDOOR CALENDAR

Note: Fire season has begun! Please stay alert in wilderness parks and report any suspicious activity to park staff.

Crystal Cove State Park, 8471 Pacific Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, has 3.5 miles of beach and 2,000 acres of undeveloped woodland. $10 day-use parking fee.

The park is open 6 a.m. to sunset daily. Information: (949) 497-7647 or via e-mail wbonnin@parks.ca.gov.

“¢?Geology Walk, 9 a.m. Saturday. Meet at the Los Trancos trailer, from Coast Highway, turn inland at Los Trancos.

Laguna Coast Wilderness Park, 20101 Laguna Canyon Road; reservations and information, (949) 923-2235; www.ocparks.com.

Rangers staff the park daily. Open daily, 7 a.m. to sunset, including holidays. Parking lot hours: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Willow Canyon on Laguna Canyon Road, just south of the El Toro Road intersection. Open to hikers, equestrians and mountain bikers on specified trails; open 7 a.m. to sunset, but parking lot is only open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., $3.

Dilley Preserve on Laguna Canyon Road, just north of the 73 Tollroad: Open daily 7 a.m. to sunset. Parking $3; lot open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Little Sycamore Canyon on Laguna Canyon Road, just south of the San Diego Freeway interchange: parking $3; lot open 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Laguna Heights, the trailhead for West Ridge trail and routes into Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, at Top of the World on Alta Laguna Boulevard, is open daily, 7 a.m. to sunset.

“¢?Searching for Survivors, 8 a.m. Saturday

Naturalists Penny Lewis and Annie Stoeckmann will lead a search for the survivors of the summer drought. What wildflowers might still be blooming despite this long, hot, dry year? Find California fuchsia, coyote melon, poison hemlock, telegraph weed or maybe California poppy. Call (949) 923-2235 for reservations. Meet at Willow Canyon Staging Area, 20101 Laguna Canyon Road. Parking is $3.

Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park, 28373 Alicia Parkway, Laguna Niguel; (949) 923-2200; www.ocparks.com: Open daily all year, 7 a.m. to sunset, for hikers, mountain bikers and equestrians; parking, $3.

(949) 831-3287.